LATE actress Nichelle Nichols was once close to giving up her role as Lieutenant Uhura in the Star Trek franchise. But thanks to advice from Reverend Martin Luther King, Nichols decided to continue starring as the iconic character.

In a 2011 interview with the US National Public Radio (NPR), Nichols explained that she had lost interest in her character once the first season wrapped in 1967. Despite breaking barriers as one of the few Black actresses on TV at the time, Nichols thought Uhura did not align with her.